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people looking at the 2014 elections. there are, i believe, 20 democrats that are going to be up for re-election in the senate and 13 i think republicans. at some point people are playing to whatever their states are, to whatever their different counties are, so i think it's very hard to figure out one person who is going to be sort of the clarion voice of bipartisanship. i think we've seen in the different parties a move toward the south in terms of republicans, fewer northeastern republicans, fewer moderate republicans, so that's a real issue so i am sort of at a loss to think about people who will some forward and sort of lead the charge for bipartisanshipship. maybe people like joe biden who seems to be everybody's favorite democrat these days. >> nia, we were hoping you would give us that clear choice of who will lead the process forward. who do you think might lead that process that ari is talking about, the idea of more olimpia snowes perhaps? >> well, i mean, you have to keep in mind that the republican party is i
people looking at the 2014 elections. there are, i believe, 20 democrats that are going to be up for re-election in the senate and 13 i think republicans. at some point people are playing to whatever their states are, to whatever their different counties are, so i think it's very hard to figure out one person who is going to be sort of the clarion voice of bipartisanship. i think we've seen in the different parties a move toward the south in terms of republicans, fewer northeastern republicans,...
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after this election, and now with these negotiations, with possible changes in leadership? >> they are doing some soul severals.ve after the election, that the republican party needed tone assess what it was going to do, how it was going to movemo forward. they continue to tumble the ball. we have seen -- tumble the ball. republicans wants trillion ofof dollars in cuts in the fiscalth cliff deal.e and they got very minimal compared to what they were the asking for. president obama got a lot ofgo what t he wanted, and the rights very upset. when a party is in-fighting, thi party that n-is unified usually witnessni in politics, -- wins n politics. >> but lost it seems is the fact that taxes going up on justo about everybody, and that's noto exactly the promise the president made. middle class got a tax hike today with the payroll tax cut. >> both parties were talkingtalk about, the payroll tax hike, that's going to go back up, and some liberals like that because they felt like it was takingtaki money out of social security. but everybody will feel thatfe when they get the fir
after this election, and now with these negotiations, with possible changes in leadership? >> they are doing some soul severals.ve after the election, that the republican party needed tone assess what it was going to do, how it was going to movemo forward. they continue to tumble the ball. we have seen -- tumble the ball. republicans wants trillion ofof dollars in cuts in the fiscalth cliff deal.e and they got very minimal compared to what they were the asking for. president obama got a...
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. >> john boehner of state of ohio having received a majority of votes cast is dually elected speaker of the house of representatives. >> reporter: after a bruising end of his first term, john boehner has been voted to serve another two years, three members voted for eric cantor. >> with hope for the future of our country, i present the people's gavel to the speaker of the house. >> reporter: after winning the gavel, emotional boehner told them new and old. the job ahead will be difficult. >> our national debt is draining free enterprise and weakening. >> reporter: the speaker made it clear he intends to lead. >> public service was never meant to be an easy living, extraordinary challenges, and buy mands and -- demands and leadership. >> reporter: a boehner spokesman said he is recommitting himself and quote, letting the house work its will. and they warned when have mostly democrats carrying tedge reaction you lose power. >> what you start passing stuff your members are not in line work your action built to lead is in jeopardy. >> across the capital after new senators were carn in sw
. >> john boehner of state of ohio having received a majority of votes cast is dually elected speaker of the house of representatives. >> reporter: after a bruising end of his first term, john boehner has been voted to serve another two years, three members voted for eric cantor. >> with hope for the future of our country, i present the people's gavel to the speaker of the house. >> reporter: after winning the gavel, emotional boehner told them new and old. the job ahead...
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but immigration reform done right isn't about elections. it's about jobs. the debate over immigration reform comes down to this not so simple question. do we favor families or skills? our future depends on science, technology, engineering and math. about a third of graduate students in stem are foreign born, studying here on temporary visas. after graduation, many who want to stay are not allowed to. every hundred foreign-born stem create 262 jobs, half in silicon valley and quarter nationwide were founded by immigrants. if america is going to lead the next century, it has to grow these kinds of jobs. the trick is staying true to america's compassion, too. our canadian neighbors have no quotas for skilled immigrant workers. they actually seek them out. the uk is becoming more selective, offering admission to the country by a points system. usually china sends workers around the world. now they're giving people coming there looking for jobs. they issue a small number of green card equivalents to friends of the communist party but most workers there are in an
but immigration reform done right isn't about elections. it's about jobs. the debate over immigration reform comes down to this not so simple question. do we favor families or skills? our future depends on science, technology, engineering and math. about a third of graduate students in stem are foreign born, studying here on temporary visas. after graduation, many who want to stay are not allowed to. every hundred foreign-born stem create 262 jobs, half in silicon valley and quarter nationwide...
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as mark indicated, they elect a republican house, and that is why everything is in a stalemate. >> look at the new congress and house speaker john boehner's problem. >> for those of you who are returning to have what these aisles before, maybe it is time we get a little awestruck. put simply, we're center not to be something but to do something. >> not to be something but to do something. that's a great idea. were they listeng? house speaker john boehner reelected with 220 votes out of 426. pelosi got 192. he has been taking a wicked beating from republicans. we showed chris christie yelling at him that was because of the vote on reliefer hurricane sandy. he is taking a beating. >> becse 's trying to do something. he tried to do something in december with his plan b and his party walked on him. he then abdicated his responsibility and lifted up to the senate to act. the senate gave him a proposal and it turned out of his caucus would not support him on doing something about that either. that he has just tried. part -- his party will not let him. >> he is a deal maker. >> paul krugman te
as mark indicated, they elect a republican house, and that is why everything is in a stalemate. >> look at the new congress and house speaker john boehner's problem. >> for those of you who are returning to have what these aisles before, maybe it is time we get a little awestruck. put simply, we're center not to be something but to do something. >> not to be something but to do something. that's a great idea. were they listeng? house speaker john boehner reelected with 220...
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it helped get this president re-elected by misleading the american public, but now, the chickens are coming home to roost and we're going to continue to pursue this until we find the truth. >> i want to ask you one other question based on what your republican colleague rand paul said today. it was a pretty strong statement. here he is. >> had i been president at the time and i found that you did not read the cables from benghazi, you did not read the cables from ambassador stevens, i would have relieved you of you post. i think it's inexcusable. >> do you agree? >> i'd say the issue is moot because hillary clinton is moving on and senator kerry's stepping up to the plate probably, so that's rand paul's opinion. >> do you think she'd make a good president? i have to ask that because 67% of this country view her favorably. her unfavorable is 28%. the president, anybody in this country, would die for that. >> listen, the people on the other side of the aisle aren't taking the fact this nation's going bankrupt seriously, so she's a member of that party, we haven't passed a budget in the
it helped get this president re-elected by misleading the american public, but now, the chickens are coming home to roost and we're going to continue to pursue this until we find the truth. >> i want to ask you one other question based on what your republican colleague rand paul said today. it was a pretty strong statement. here he is. >> had i been president at the time and i found that you did not read the cables from benghazi, you did not read the cables from ambassador stevens,...
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the same maps they do in the house they want to apply for the presidential election in every state they can get away with it. we have a ban on the show talking about 2016. this is a corner stone, nobody is allowed to talk about the 2016 election, at least until next november. this is not about who the candidates will be, this is about whether or not they vote for a democratic candidate, any democratic candidate, this is about whether or not it results in us having a democratic president. this is going on in the states right now. hey, beltway, wake up. now it is time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. have a great evening. >>> the national rifle association is singing to new lows in the polls. and new lows in their tactics against president obama. they are now using the president's daughters. >> well, president obama trumped congress. >> the president is planning to take matters into his own hands when it comes to gun control. >> i'm confident there are some steps we can take. >> 19 possible actions he can take. >> i'm against having a king. >> president says if congress doesn'
the same maps they do in the house they want to apply for the presidential election in every state they can get away with it. we have a ban on the show talking about 2016. this is a corner stone, nobody is allowed to talk about the 2016 election, at least until next november. this is not about who the candidates will be, this is about whether or not they vote for a democratic candidate, any democratic candidate, this is about whether or not it results in us having a democratic president. this...
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furthermore, before the election, the president was saying that it takes more than four years. we have it under control. recently he comes out and says, wait, we do not have it under control, we are falling apart. which is it to now that he's up for reelection, we get the truth from this man? >> republicans are saying when they run for things, they can hardly be the judge. i see where you're coming from on this. but the bottom line is, we have to acknowledge that we have a spending problem. i think it should be addressed. i do not see it as tackling everything right now. >> part of the reason we are in this in the first place is because they couldn't come to an agreement in august 2011. they were working on this and that, you had everybody focused on us. lo and behold, when the devil came down to the details, they were actually going to have to make some hard choices. neil: including the president. >> so when he says harry reid says this, chuck schumer says is, we don't have a spending problem, it is a revenue issue, we have to get more taxes. what you say? are they smoking som
furthermore, before the election, the president was saying that it takes more than four years. we have it under control. recently he comes out and says, wait, we do not have it under control, we are falling apart. which is it to now that he's up for reelection, we get the truth from this man? >> republicans are saying when they run for things, they can hardly be the judge. i see where you're coming from on this. but the bottom line is, we have to acknowledge that we have a spending...
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now that president obama never has to run for re-election, never has to win another vote in florida, he is politically free finally to do the right thing and now that the president's friends have been seen traveling to cuba, now is the perfect time for him to do the right thing. now is the perfect time for him to be the first president who says the first sane thing about our embargo of cuba, that it must stop, that we must have free and open relations, including diplomatic relations with cuba, that there is no conceivable reason for china to receive more favorable treatment from this nation than cuba does. now we have a don't ask don't tell policy at our border when americans return from cuba, but any agent who catches you traveling to cuba illegally can decide at that moment to make your life hell. one such case actually dragged through the courts for years. but from this day forward, now that we see that the president's friends can come and go freely from cuba, this government has forfeited the moral right to penalize anyone for traveling to cuba. and for that, we should all thank
now that president obama never has to run for re-election, never has to win another vote in florida, he is politically free finally to do the right thing and now that the president's friends have been seen traveling to cuba, now is the perfect time for him to do the right thing. now is the perfect time for him to be the first president who says the first sane thing about our embargo of cuba, that it must stop, that we must have free and open relations, including diplomatic relations with cuba,...
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and despite that conversation, and despite the election results, the position that's been taken on the part of some house republicans is that, nope, we got to do it our way. and if we don't, we simply won't pay america's bills. well, you know, that can't be -- that can't be a position that is sustainable over time. it's not one that's good for the economy now. it's certainly not going to be the kind of precedent that i want to establish not just for my presidency but for future presidents. even if it was on the other side. democrats don't like voting for the debt ceiling when the republican's president and yet you -- you -- but you -- but you never saw a situation in which democrats suggested somehow that we would go ahead and default if we didn't get 100% of our way. that's just not how it's supposed to work. john carl? >> thank you, mr. president. on the issue of guns, given how difficult it will be, some say impossible, to get any gun control measure passed through this congress, what are you willing or able to do using the powers of your presidency to act without congress? and i'd
and despite that conversation, and despite the election results, the position that's been taken on the part of some house republicans is that, nope, we got to do it our way. and if we don't, we simply won't pay america's bills. well, you know, that can't be -- that can't be a position that is sustainable over time. it's not one that's good for the economy now. it's certainly not going to be the kind of precedent that i want to establish not just for my presidency but for future presidents. even...
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everybody's critical of john boehner, but yet, rehe elected as speaker. why is he reelected if everybody is so critical? >> yeah, boy, that must have been a tough speech for nancy pelosi to give, by the way. look, i have been a defender of john boehner. i think he did an exceptional job when he was minority leader in 2009 and 2010, paul, really giving very strong principled opposition to the kind of policies that barack obama was promoting at that time, the stimulus bill, obamacare, and so on, holding the republican caucus in line on principled grounds. i think where republicans need to go now is look, we know barack obama is looking at governing from the left. we've seen that just the last few weeks, i think that republicans have to be very principled in opposing those policies and paul, one other thing, they have to get back to the growth message. isn't it interesting that in the last five weeks, nobody, neither party, has really been talking about what's good for the economy, how do we grow jobs and make the private sector more prosperous? >> well, ste
everybody's critical of john boehner, but yet, rehe elected as speaker. why is he reelected if everybody is so critical? >> yeah, boy, that must have been a tough speech for nancy pelosi to give, by the way. look, i have been a defender of john boehner. i think he did an exceptional job when he was minority leader in 2009 and 2010, paul, really giving very strong principled opposition to the kind of policies that barack obama was promoting at that time, the stimulus bill, obamacare, and...
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this is a way to overturn the election. people will understand that, and republicans will be punished. >> i believe that if a state that votes majority for one guy for president, either party, and finds out two or three days later that the majority of their electoral votes went the other way, we'll have a revolution. anyway, i don't think it's going to happen. but i understand what you guys are up to because you can't win a majority vote anymore. thank you, steve mcmahon and the objective robert costa from the great renowned "national journal." >> national review. >> when we return, the republicans' mickey mouse club. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. axiron, the only underarm treatment for low t, can restore testosterone levels back to normal in most men. axiron is not for use in women or anyone younger than 18. axiron can transfer to others through direct contact. women, especially those who are or who may become pregnant, and children should avoid contact where axiron is applied as unexpected signs of p
this is a way to overturn the election. people will understand that, and republicans will be punished. >> i believe that if a state that votes majority for one guy for president, either party, and finds out two or three days later that the majority of their electoral votes went the other way, we'll have a revolution. anyway, i don't think it's going to happen. but i understand what you guys are up to because you can't win a majority vote anymore. thank you, steve mcmahon and the objective...
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for instance, reaganomics. >> interestingly if the presidential election were held today, david, 58% say they'd vote for reagan over obama. i'm not sure we all don't want the '80s to stick around. but we forgot to put krystal's picture up, i'm noticing. >> note the jelly shoes. >> it is that good. >> look at the floor. >> got it all. >> who's that? >> there's me! that's s.e. >> i would also like to point out krystal and i are dressed in yellow. that's as far as that goes. you either got it or you don't. let's talk about the pop culture, though, david. my moment from the '80s was sitting in a classroom watching "the challenger" happen. not understanding it. it happened in realtime. i'm sure a lot of people my age have that same memory. you talk about miracle on ice. the fall of the berlin wall. mtv. synthesize how all that helped shape the nation during that decade. >> i think you're right. if i had to name one moment i would name that challenger explosion as a moment that symbolizes the 1980s for me. i think in the 1980s we were struggling as a country to in many ways feel proud of o
for instance, reaganomics. >> interestingly if the presidential election were held today, david, 58% say they'd vote for reagan over obama. i'm not sure we all don't want the '80s to stick around. but we forgot to put krystal's picture up, i'm noticing. >> note the jelly shoes. >> it is that good. >> look at the floor. >> got it all. >> who's that? >> there's me! that's s.e. >> i would also like to point out krystal and i are dressed in yellow....
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. >> people would say, you know we had an election, spends right now is not a care, the american people don't care. they just want to quote, unquote, do the right thing, that the right thing to to free a path to citizenship for the people. >> i think strictly speaking that is probably right, 65 % of people indicate they would like it, numbers do not change, math does not change, it is baked into the universe, if you spend more than you bridg bring in doo bankrupt, but there is a political component, more immigrants mean more democratic voters, you have to think that is foremost in the president's mind. >> i guess the threat of sending his proposal, means i'm going to pit out spot, and the republicans that don't vote for this, you will sink further ins a dprova -- in disapproval with hispanics. >> that is liz program. get big or lose big in a way that hispanic voters get's clear message that republican party does not like you, a lot of people believe he hopes to fail in the effort to get legislation thugh congress, i don't know, but a compromise does not help him. >> president could not
. >> people would say, you know we had an election, spends right now is not a care, the american people don't care. they just want to quote, unquote, do the right thing, that the right thing to to free a path to citizenship for the people. >> i think strictly speaking that is probably right, 65 % of people indicate they would like it, numbers do not change, math does not change, it is baked into the universe, if you spend more than you bridg bring in doo bankrupt, but there is a...
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republicans who are elected from moderate congressional districts, still about 80 or 90 of them if boehner decides not to bring it to the floor, we're going to circulate a discharge petition. if they don't sign the discharge petrion, they will pay for it at the polls in 2014. because they think that there's no emotion on our side? well, come to suburban philadelphia and talk to women in suburban philadelphia. the emotion is at a fever pitch and they will pay for it. and it's stunning to me, the arguments are so disingenuous, i saw lindsay graham saying this bill won't do any good. there's no proof that it won't protect. all right, lindsay, vote for a ban on high-capacity magazines, because i tell you what. jared loughner had a 33-bullet magazine. he killed seven and injured 12. that's 19. had he only, and he was disarmed. putting the second magazine in. had he only had a 10-bullet magazine, the worst he could have done is hit 10, not 19. so nine people might be alive or not critically injured. gabrielle giffords might still be in congress. so don't tell me that it won't be effective. i for
republicans who are elected from moderate congressional districts, still about 80 or 90 of them if boehner decides not to bring it to the floor, we're going to circulate a discharge petition. if they don't sign the discharge petrion, they will pay for it at the polls in 2014. because they think that there's no emotion on our side? well, come to suburban philadelphia and talk to women in suburban philadelphia. the emotion is at a fever pitch and they will pay for it. and it's stunning to me, the...
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boehner was re-elected thursday with 220 votes. though he had overwhelming support from the gop ten conservative lawmakers voted for someone other than boehner during a roll call vote. and some sustained altogether. boehner reminded voters to stay focused on public service and not personal glory. >> if you've come here to see your name in the lights or to pass off political victory at some accomplishment, you've come to the wrong place. the door's right behind you. >> boehner says he plans to focus on the federal defit during this term. >>> one of the first items of business for speaker boehner an aid package for hurricane sandy victims. later this morning, the house will vote on a $9.7 billion bill to replenish the national flood insurance program to provide relief for home and business owners flooded out by the storm. fema says it will run out of money next week if congress doesn't give it additional buying authority. boehner faced bipartisan criticism this week for failing to bring the measure to the floor. >> students who atten
boehner was re-elected thursday with 220 votes. though he had overwhelming support from the gop ten conservative lawmakers voted for someone other than boehner during a roll call vote. and some sustained altogether. boehner reminded voters to stay focused on public service and not personal glory. >> if you've come here to see your name in the lights or to pass off political victory at some accomplishment, you've come to the wrong place. the door's right behind you. >> boehner says...
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women made their voices heard last election and they are going to do it again. and they are giving a second look to bills that say hey, women, we are going to treat you like united states citizens with all of the rights and free demes that are afforded by that. >> the item that got the most attention are the expanded protections for american indian women on tribal lands where there are high rates of domestic assaults. some members of congresses, republicans thought there were constitutional problems or this was setting precedent that was going to come back and be bad in the future. i wonder what your argument was in the senate to elay their fears about that. >> first of all, i think those were just excuses and secondly. yes, i know. and you did a good job. but the bottom line is violence is violence. it does not matter where it happens. i remember back in the 70s when i was a small child. i less the effort in michigan to create one of the first two domestic violence arguments. it was very tough at the time. but since then. this has become a commonly held biparti
women made their voices heard last election and they are going to do it again. and they are giving a second look to bills that say hey, women, we are going to treat you like united states citizens with all of the rights and free demes that are afforded by that. >> the item that got the most attention are the expanded protections for american indian women on tribal lands where there are high rates of domestic assaults. some members of congresses, republicans thought there were...
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>> the republican still rule the house and elected the same ruler for their house, but it's a messy house and still a big mess for john boehner trying to lead that house. tea partiers who made him speaker two years ago don't much like the way they've been treated since. they're not happy. they're not happy with a budget deal of which they insist the speaker cave and the president whose policies they cannot stand won. they're not happy with tax hikes they say didn't have to happen and not happy with spending cuts they argue simply didn't happen. two years after they stormed this city and vowed to stop kicking the can down the road, these one typer caffeinated tea partiers feeling their own can getting kicked and wondering allowed what's down their road. so don't let today's festivities fool you. there is a kettle boiling in that house and its tea partiers not one bit happy what's happened to their house. after all, the fact is, tea partiers are spent. but that does not mean that they're still not stewing. and the tea party and mark mekler, katrina not happy, i mean, obviously there are a l
>> the republican still rule the house and elected the same ruler for their house, but it's a messy house and still a big mess for john boehner trying to lead that house. tea partiers who made him speaker two years ago don't much like the way they've been treated since. they're not happy. they're not happy with a budget deal of which they insist the speaker cave and the president whose policies they cannot stand won. they're not happy with tax hikes they say didn't have to happen and not...
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i think of our elected officials they have a lot to do with it. senators, congressmen, governor christie but not see anyone else. gerri: no follow-up. you know, what you say is interesting. you never talk to the same person twice. that is really frustrating. i called new jersey's state insurance department and never heard back, left a message. and i'm calling for the press people and i cannot get through. i have a heck of a time just getting through their call center. let's talk a little bit about the fact that this is a second home for you. a lot of the people out there saying that it is second hollanders are really getting stuck. people who live there as a primary residence are getting the money first. is that what you're hearing? >> yes, and they should. i agree 100 percent with that. the people who live there full time, they should get a fixed first. but five months with no money? what are these people doing? gerri: let me ask you this because i think a lot of people out there will say, here's a guy who's just as his hand out and wants to get
i think of our elected officials they have a lot to do with it. senators, congressmen, governor christie but not see anyone else. gerri: no follow-up. you know, what you say is interesting. you never talk to the same person twice. that is really frustrating. i called new jersey's state insurance department and never heard back, left a message. and i'm calling for the press people and i cannot get through. i have a heck of a time just getting through their call center. let's talk a little bit...
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today's event at the white house proves once again that more than three months after the november election, president obama still prefers campaign events to common sense, bipartisan action. that was mitch mcconnell the psychic senator. in a paper statement, of course, as congress is currently in recess. speaker john boehner, never one to balk at a touch of plagiarism offered the same criticism but he tried to lay the blame on the president by calling these his sequester cuts. funny that because i seem to remember the speaker striking a different tone on the budget deal that produced the sequester. what was it he said again? >> you look this final agreement we came to with the white house, i got 98% of what i wanted. i'm pretty happy. >> that was it. let's get right to our panel. david corn is washington bureau chief for mother jones magazine, and karen finney is former dnc communications director. both are msnbc political analysts and i'm delighted to say karen has joined us here in new york. if i can start with you, david, james clapper, the director of national intelligence, told reuters
today's event at the white house proves once again that more than three months after the november election, president obama still prefers campaign events to common sense, bipartisan action. that was mitch mcconnell the psychic senator. in a paper statement, of course, as congress is currently in recess. speaker john boehner, never one to balk at a touch of plagiarism offered the same criticism but he tried to lay the blame on the president by calling these his sequester cuts. funny that because...
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. >> members of congress need to understand that they were elected to protect the public, not to hurt the public. and i hope they will remember that as they hopefully work towards a resolution of this issue. >> the president and his cabinet all want, quote unquote, smarter cuts, and with them, the closing of key tax loopholes on the wealthy, including corporations. he accused republicans of obstinacy and avarice on taxes. >> are you willing to have teachers laid off or kids not have access to head start? or deeper cuts in student loan programs? just because you want to protect a special tax interest of americans don't benefit from. >> let me read a definition of sequestration. you ready? a government revenue shortfall met by withdrawing money from already funded programs. any problem with that definition? >> no, that's right on the money. >> is it clear? i'll read it again. a government revenue shortfall met by withdrawing money from already funded programs. now, question. will the impact of sequestration truly be horrifying, or is the talk of fiscal armageddon political hyperbole? mo
. >> members of congress need to understand that they were elected to protect the public, not to hurt the public. and i hope they will remember that as they hopefully work towards a resolution of this issue. >> the president and his cabinet all want, quote unquote, smarter cuts, and with them, the closing of key tax loopholes on the wealthy, including corporations. he accused republicans of obstinacy and avarice on taxes. >> are you willing to have teachers laid off or kids...
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afterwards the house will vote to elect a speaker. if 16 conservatives decided to vote against john boehner, we could see the first second ballot for speaker since 1923. what do you think is going to happen? does boehner have the votes? >> he does have the votes. there's a likelihood there could be a second or third ballot but the way the rules are structured in the house in terms of leadership, i can't see anyone quite frankly challenging him for the speakership and winning or speaker boehner losing his post. a the lolot of the conservative aren't upset with speaker boehner, they're frustrated with the process. i don't anticipate him losing his speakership. >> many have said he has an unenviable job. that's for sure. mr. boehner is reported live signaling in this upcoming congress he's done negotiating with the president. that's not an encouraging start. do you think we'll have more gridlock than the last four years? >> the republicans want to do nothing if not change the subject. they mismanaged the negotiations over the fiscal clif
afterwards the house will vote to elect a speaker. if 16 conservatives decided to vote against john boehner, we could see the first second ballot for speaker since 1923. what do you think is going to happen? does boehner have the votes? >> he does have the votes. there's a likelihood there could be a second or third ballot but the way the rules are structured in the house in terms of leadership, i can't see anyone quite frankly challenging him for the speakership and winning or speaker...
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white men, the elect had been held by white men voted romney would have carried 47 states that is fractured. you hear this inauguration speech talking about liberal buzzwords. i'm a registered democrat, take it from me, when i hear climate change in context of median income down 10%, i turn it off, i want to hear how are we going to fix this economy. you know you heard debates between romney, and obama, i will give anybody 10-dollars for every time they heard the wore growth. -- word growth, we're stuck with this pie, and how to distribute the pie. neil: that is what bums people out? they are not optimistic. >> they are responding to fact that we have something who may be gives good speeches but how can you lead? what are you doing? some are a little bit more hor full than others. but the bottom line, is you live your life every day, if you don't feel good within that life, you will feel more depressed and less hopeful. >> and the irony is the guy you are voting for is the guy that is leading you down this horrible path. where your median incomes are falling. how are you supposed to feel go
white men, the elect had been held by white men voted romney would have carried 47 states that is fractured. you hear this inauguration speech talking about liberal buzzwords. i'm a registered democrat, take it from me, when i hear climate change in context of median income down 10%, i turn it off, i want to hear how are we going to fix this economy. you know you heard debates between romney, and obama, i will give anybody 10-dollars for every time they heard the wore growth. -- word growth,...
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bob mentioned the 2014 elections. i know that some democratic strategists who are looking at picking up seats in red states would say be cautious, be careful. let's not antagonize the gun law, be in those conservative states. but i think that would be to misread the public mood. i have a feeling that the president with joe biden's help and leadership may go a little stronger on this than we were predicting. and i think that would further divide the republican party. i think it would put incredible pressure on the republican party if they the democrats and the president were to do it. >> bob, is this a turning point? >> it could be a turning point. and i think howard is absolutely right. you know, the president can be very reasonable on this in terms over the assault weapons bans, the multiple round clips of ammunition, the fact that you have these gun shows where people who are delusional or criminals can go get guns. you can do that, and you can also put it together with a component of education. and you can try and
bob mentioned the 2014 elections. i know that some democratic strategists who are looking at picking up seats in red states would say be cautious, be careful. let's not antagonize the gun law, be in those conservative states. but i think that would be to misread the public mood. i have a feeling that the president with joe biden's help and leadership may go a little stronger on this than we were predicting. and i think that would further divide the republican party. i think it would put...
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it was not long after this election before the republican party said, you know what? we ought to be calling for immigration reform now too. mitt romney was wrong, we need to move on. >> immigration? >> it's an important issue that i think ought to be dealt with. i think a comprehensive approach is long overdue. and i'm confident that the president, myself, others, can find the common ground to take care of this issue once and for all. >> we not only need phds in science and technology, we need skilled workers and we need unskilled workers and we need to have an immigration policy that is good economic policy. >> he we got to get rid of the immigration policy all together. aye sit simple for me to fix it. you control the border first, you create a pathway for those people that are here. >> all november 8, those are all immediately after the election. in the aftermath of losing that last election, losing seats in it house, losing seats in the senate, republicans have continued calling for immigration reform on republicans' own terms. congressman paul ryan who had been m
it was not long after this election before the republican party said, you know what? we ought to be calling for immigration reform now too. mitt romney was wrong, we need to move on. >> immigration? >> it's an important issue that i think ought to be dealt with. i think a comprehensive approach is long overdue. and i'm confident that the president, myself, others, can find the common ground to take care of this issue once and for all. >> we not only need phds in science and...
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general elections. interpret that decision for me. what do you think of that? >> it makes absolutely no sense. i mean to -- and african-american voters, voters of color in particular will be hurt by this, it's something that african-american churches use to bring voters out to vote on sunday. you know, the citizens of the state deserve a secretary of state who wants people to vote, not somebody that will use their political might and clout to try to suppress the vote. and making that recommendation, as you remember, chris, last year, he appealed all the way to the united states supreme court to take away the last few days of early voting. early voting is popular in the state of ohio but particularly african-americans over 50% utilize early in person voting. so we know where the targets are. and it is wrong to try to stop any group of people from exercising their right to vote because the ballot box is the one place where we are all equal. >> i cannot imagine the possible justification for having sunday
general elections. interpret that decision for me. what do you think of that? >> it makes absolutely no sense. i mean to -- and african-american voters, voters of color in particular will be hurt by this, it's something that african-american churches use to bring voters out to vote on sunday. you know, the citizens of the state deserve a secretary of state who wants people to vote, not somebody that will use their political might and clout to try to suppress the vote. and making that...
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i don't think there was a great crying fault in the last election. but all of a sudden -- all this other stuff -- i just don't know. >> look, the government is a bad investor. they are bad in adventure capitalism. what we have seen is the center of gravity that has moved more to the left of the last five and 10 years, much more than in 2000 when bill clinton was president. neil: caroline, to your point -- the democrats had a good showing minus the house and we will see more of that? >> of course we are. it's a good investment whether it's government or private. >> solar will take those and double those every two years. i'm saving up for that chevy boldly we love so much hybrid cars. >> 2% of our energy use. it's been going up for the past decade. neil: if you can say that, caroline, you can say anything. from the guys that brought you three minus, a demand for a raise for a job well done. maybe their heads are stuck [ male announcer ] where do you turn for legal matters? at legalzoom, we've created a better place to handle your legal needs. maybe you
i don't think there was a great crying fault in the last election. but all of a sudden -- all this other stuff -- i just don't know. >> look, the government is a bad investor. they are bad in adventure capitalism. what we have seen is the center of gravity that has moved more to the left of the last five and 10 years, much more than in 2000 when bill clinton was president. neil: caroline, to your point -- the democrats had a good showing minus the house and we will see more of that?...
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they are doing it so they can win elections. meanwhile, our current immigration fiasco takes a tremendous toll. now, listen to some of the callers on my radio show who told me how the current immigration system is tearing their families apart. >> i'm a new citizen. i'm married to my wife. she's from nicaragua. for the last 18 years. we have three beautiful children. i have paid thousands and thousands of dollars in legal fees to get her residency, at least that. and all immigration, all they want to do is take my wife out of this country, send her to nicaragua for 18 months to five years waiting for her papers over there. why they want to do that? she don't have no family over there. she was brought here when she was a child. >> i married my wife here in madison, who is a philippine citizen. she was in this country legally under papers, whatever she needed. we got married. we filed the appropriate papers with the government, and then her father passed away and we had to go to the philippines to attend her father's funeral. unbek
they are doing it so they can win elections. meanwhile, our current immigration fiasco takes a tremendous toll. now, listen to some of the callers on my radio show who told me how the current immigration system is tearing their families apart. >> i'm a new citizen. i'm married to my wife. she's from nicaragua. for the last 18 years. we have three beautiful children. i have paid thousands and thousands of dollars in legal fees to get her residency, at least that. and all immigration, all...
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. >> boehner by the way had an election as to whether or not he is going to be returned and he was return and i think the difference was two votes. but secondly, let's get the calendar straight. boehner said you can go home. it is tuesday. and then he called them back to be back on friday. now, what day was tuesday? when was new years day? >> tuesday. >> tuesday. >> they were in session on tuesday and he says why don't you go home and have your family and then he left open calling them back and he called them back on friday. >> the fundamental point, john, there were $17 billion in this bill for community grants and all these other things, newt gingrich this morning said on tv, two-thirds of the money is going to be spend two years from now or more. it was a stocking stuffer. >> that is misleading. >> they can do this -- >> let mort in. >> the replacement of what has been destroyed is going to take time to build. okay. you can't build it -- >> you can't build in january. >> what can you do in january? >> okay. >> there are bridges, there are roads, there are a lot of houses. it takes time
. >> boehner by the way had an election as to whether or not he is going to be returned and he was return and i think the difference was two votes. but secondly, let's get the calendar straight. boehner said you can go home. it is tuesday. and then he called them back to be back on friday. now, what day was tuesday? when was new years day? >> tuesday. >> tuesday. >> they were in session on tuesday and he says why don't you go home and have your family and then he left...
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your party -- >> re-elected. if you then are showing all of your time as opposition party to soften up democrats, not about the president now, it's about the party and taking control of the senate. chris: let's take in the most vivid example this week, hagel, secretary of defense. serious business. the knockdown when the president was chosen people the people saying this is american for defending this country and they just jam him. >> i mean, there's a grab bag of grievance, i think republicans have against hagel. some of it that he broke with them on iraq. some of it that's is that he -- chris: that's why obama picked him? >> he endorsed obama pretty much in 2008. some around benghazi, even though he had nothing to do with benghazi. there had been a band of brothers. chris: why the unity against him? >> some of the unity also has to do with republicans wanting to flex their muscle on foreign policy. they haven't had many victories in terms of a lot of foreign policy, a lot of their policies have been discreditte
your party -- >> re-elected. if you then are showing all of your time as opposition party to soften up democrats, not about the president now, it's about the party and taking control of the senate. chris: let's take in the most vivid example this week, hagel, secretary of defense. serious business. the knockdown when the president was chosen people the people saying this is american for defending this country and they just jam him. >> i mean, there's a grab bag of grievance, i think...
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the people elected him. yes. >> legitimately. so he was a natural-born citizen. >> i didn't make that judgment when he was brought in. >> everybody watching knows what you're doing. you're dodge bulling. let me ask you about the united states government. what's your view about the continued resolution funding the government beyond october 1st. you want that to happen or not? >> absolutely. we voted to fund everything but obama care. of course we want to keep funding the government. >> but obama care is law of the land. >> and we're congress. guess who gets to change the law of the land? congress. >> you're not changing it, you're simply defunding it. >> we are changing the law that grants the money to obama care. >> let me ask you the same question i put to the others -- >> the constitution gave us the power of the purse. we're exercising it. >> and that's right. the congress passed by 218 votes obama care. it was also passed by the senate with 60 votes. the president signed it. it's the law of the land. my
the people elected him. yes. >> legitimately. so he was a natural-born citizen. >> i didn't make that judgment when he was brought in. >> everybody watching knows what you're doing. you're dodge bulling. let me ask you about the united states government. what's your view about the continued resolution funding the government beyond october 1st. you want that to happen or not? >> absolutely. we voted to fund everything but obama care. of course we want to keep funding the...
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of course electeds all have their unique backgrounds. a new article in "marie claire" magazine has an article on how beauty contestants are running for office. why do you think? why now? >> i think what you're seeing is that this overambitious, go get 'em 20 somethings who have no institutional memory of the pageant and its controversial history are saying this is a perfect way to get a trial run for politics. think about it. the route to becoming a pageant queen is very similar to becoming a local politician, a lot of glad handing, local vants, schmoozing and net working. it's a great way to hone those hills. >> quote, miss america has rather discretely and with little fanfare been recast as a quasi boot camp for would-be politician, sharpening core skills like blad handing, networking. name recognition, even that secured on the circuit, opens doors historically closed to young women. i guess any kind of stigma they might think is associated with it hasn't proved true because some of these women are winning. >> yes, of course we all kno
of course electeds all have their unique backgrounds. a new article in "marie claire" magazine has an article on how beauty contestants are running for office. why do you think? why now? >> i think what you're seeing is that this overambitious, go get 'em 20 somethings who have no institutional memory of the pageant and its controversial history are saying this is a perfect way to get a trial run for politics. think about it. the route to becoming a pageant queen is very similar...
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in the house, the republican majority narrowly re-elected john boehner to a second term as speaker. boehner is the most powerful republican in government, but he re-eorely embarrassed two weeks ago when he couldn't persuade even his own party to back his fiscal cliff solution. boehner said today public life isn't supposed to be easy soing. toncy pelosi, leader of the democrats, presented him with the speaker's gavel. as you know, pelosi was the airst woman to be elected house theaker in 2007, and now today, the senate has made history with fircord number of women. nancy cordes is on capitol hill. y wreporter: when 13 new senators took the oath today, r:ve of them were woman. those five bring the rank of women senators to 20, fully one- fifth of a legislative body that was all male as recently as the 1970s. >> but the quality of these women is so incredible. as allorter: democrat heidi heitkamp is a new senator from north dakota. >> i'm hoping it will mean this dedy becomes more collaborative, more willing to compromise. dakoporter: the last time five women were elected to the senate
in the house, the republican majority narrowly re-elected john boehner to a second term as speaker. boehner is the most powerful republican in government, but he re-eorely embarrassed two weeks ago when he couldn't persuade even his own party to back his fiscal cliff solution. boehner said today public life isn't supposed to be easy soing. toncy pelosi, leader of the democrats, presented him with the speaker's gavel. as you know, pelosi was the airst woman to be elected house theaker in 2007,...
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. >> john boehner won re-election as house speaker today. >> jon: oh, boy. (train whistle blowing) >> jon: welcome back to the show. listen. as you may recall, a couple months ago america was hit by two major disasters. one of them natural, hurricane sandy and one of them somewhat man made the republican majority in the house of representatives. the second of those disasters has made it impossible to clean up the first one >> the $60 billion hurricane sandy aid package. the house adjourned last night without voting on it >> jon: i can understand that. it's been a long session. house republicans probably wanted to get home. you know who else wanted to get back to their homes? the people whose homes got swept away by hurricane sandy. yes, the house republicans... ( cheers and applause ) ... somehow neglected to vote for $60 billion in hurricane aid. a move so ridiculous, even their own members were going after them >> there's only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent victims: the house majority and their speaker, john boehner >> i'm
. >> john boehner won re-election as house speaker today. >> jon: oh, boy. (train whistle blowing) >> jon: welcome back to the show. listen. as you may recall, a couple months ago america was hit by two major disasters. one of them natural, hurricane sandy and one of them somewhat man made the republican majority in the house of representatives. the second of those disasters has made it impossible to clean up the first one >> the $60 billion hurricane sandy aid package....
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. >> president's position before the election was, as remy said i will leave it to state it should be left to the state, this is not actual intervention but for him to gottenvolved is unusual, only because elect is over. he would not he done to before. >> reporter: we're finding out a lot of things he would not have done before that he is doing now. lou: remy spencer, and michael goodwin, and joe trippi. >> thank you. >> that is it for us, thank you for joining us, coming up tomorrow, ubs chief economist will join us about what is happening to the market, and former new york state homeland security czar, michael bal bony on drones and others, thank you for being with us, good night from new york. neil: linked in, face the music and pay up, anything but nothing, you are big money. you can can afford to fork over some cash. i'm neil cavuto, true, likes of linkedin and facebook not paying a penny in taxes to the federal government. to me is makes no senate all. exxonmobil still evil if it paid more than $31 billion in taxes and chevron still represen thoss paying highest rate, they don't
. >> president's position before the election was, as remy said i will leave it to state it should be left to the state, this is not actual intervention but for him to gottenvolved is unusual, only because elect is over. he would not he done to before. >> reporter: we're finding out a lot of things he would not have done before that he is doing now. lou: remy spencer, and michael goodwin, and joe trippi. >> thank you. >> that is it for us, thank you for joining us,...